diff --git xmlsitemap.xmlsitemap.inc xmlsitemap.xmlsitemap.inc
index e3f07c2..984d38e 100644
--- xmlsitemap.xmlsitemap.inc
+++ xmlsitemap.xmlsitemap.inc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class XMLSitemapWriter extends XMLWriter {
   function __construct(stdClass &$sitemap, $page) {
     $this->sitemap = $sitemap;
     $this->sitemap_page = $page;
-    $this->uri = xmlsitemap_sitemap_get_file($sitemap, $page);
+    $this->uri = getcwd() . '/' . xmlsitemap_sitemap_get_file($sitemap, $page);
     $this->openUri($this->uri);
   }